Form OSH committees at the enterprise level
Joint OSH committees enable workers and employers to work together in a coordinated way to address OSH issues in the workplace. A joint OSH committee may be defined as a bipartite body composed of an equal number of workers’ and employers’ representatives, which is established at the workplace and is assigned to various functions intended to ensure cooperation between the employers and workers so as to achieve and maintain safe and healthy working conditions and a sound working environment.
The establishment of joint OSH committees is mandatory in many countries, and the functions, rights and powers of OSH committees may differ from country to country. Tasks that may be assigned to such committees include monitoring the implementation of policy programmes for hazard prevention, conducting workers’ training on OSH, contributing to OSH record keeping, and monitoring data relating to accidents, injuries and hazards.